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TRForge Advent Calendar

Christmas is drawing closer and as every year the tomb raider community is getting into the spirit, offering calendars. TRForge presents you their calendar which features a competition in which you must earn points to be able to win a price hidden behind the 24th door.

The Fifth Village of Tokakeriby Tomb Raider Story Competition

The fifth writing competition by the Village of Tokakeriby is on. Entries to the story competition should be between 1,000 to 10,000 words and inspired by Tomb Raider. The deadline for entries is June 22nd 2010.

Rules:

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It's best that writers stick to the official canon regarding Lara, which, for example, can be found at Wikipedia or Wiki Raider. There is no particular competition theme so you can write about whatever you like, and you can include any character from the Tomb Raider games, books, films or comics - you don't even have to include Lara in your story if you don't want to! However entries may lose marks if they stray too far from the Tomb Raider universe, whilst sex and swear words of a sexual nature are probably best avoided. We welcome stories not only from the more established TR writers but also from newbies. There is no age limit, but no allowance will be made for age when stories are being judged. The story can either be an original piece of work or a story published elsewhere, but please enter only one story per author. Easy peasy.

Lara' Levelbase Advent Calendar

Christmas time is drawing closer and an old tradition in the Custom Level scene is being kept alive. Just like the years before the team at Lara's Levelbase give you their special Advent Calendar. Each day you may open a door to some Tomb Raider goody, usually a Xmas Custom Level, Wallpapers, Recipes, Puzzles and more.

Guess the Custom Level and Win an Amazon Gift Card

The fifth door of the Levelbase Advent Calendar holds a competition for you. You have to guess the custom level that is shown in the given screenshot. If you guess it right and enter till December 14th, you have the chance to win an Amazon gift card (20 Euros). Good luck to you!

Official Tomb Raider Fanart Contest “By Hand”

Square Enix is hosting a massive fan art contest with a great, unique price for the winner, an original charcoal illustration of Lara Croft by Crystal Dynamics Senior Art Director Brian Horton. To participate you must hand in a picture that was made "by hand" (either drawn or crafted).

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THE PRIZES!

We've had some exclusive items before in previous comps, but this time the prizes are really exclusive. Crystal Dynamics' Art Director Brian Horton himself has made an original HAND DRAWN sketch, which he created especially for this forum comp. He'll be giving that original piece away to one VERY lucky fan, as well as a set of framed and signed copies to 3 additional winners.

Yes, folks, this mean that one of you is going home with the original version of a sketch made by a Tomb Raider developer. You'll own something totally unique, a one-of-a-kind in the whole wide world!

How to enter
Step 1 - Make a photo or scan of your entry and directly upload the original, unedited file from your camera or scanner with this link: http://pic.driber.net/up

Step 2 - Post the generated image code in this thread. IMPORTANT! DO NOT FORGET THIS STEP!

How do I win?

There will be 4 winners in 4 different categories:

- Grand Champion: The most impressive entry as voted by an official jury. This winner gets first choice of prize.

- Forum Choice: The most impressive entry as voted by the public. This winner gets second choice of prize. If the Forum Choice winner is the same as the jury-selected Grand Champion, the second highest voted entry will be selected.

- Most Original Entry: The most creative or original entry as voted by an official jury. This winner gets third choice of prize.

- Random Draw: This winner will be chosen randomly using random.org to encourage participation by those who may not be artistically inclined. This winner gets forth choice of prize. The Random Draw winner will be chosen after all other winners are announced. If the Random Draw winner is the same as the jury-selected Grand Champion, the Forum Choice, or Most Original Entry, successive numbers will be drawn until an unselected entry is chosen.

The usual obligatory jury FYI: The official jury will consist of Eidos Forum staff members and/or Square Enix employees and/or forum members. The exact method of voting will be announced once the comp is closed for entries. The (forum) names of the jury members and their votes will be publicly available once the winners have been announced. Public voting will be available for all forum members who have reached GAMER STATUS.

The rules
- Maximum 5 entries per person/household.
- Keep your entry clean, in good taste and in accordance with our FORUM TOU.
- The deadline for submitting entries is Wednesday, 30 May 2012, 12PM CET
- We reserve the right to extend the deadline, for example if we receive a low number of entries.
- In the event of a tie, the person who posted first wins.
- Contestants can only win 1 prize; not a combination of for example 1st prize and 3rd prize.
- In cases of suspected fraud, winners are responsible for proofing ownership of their entry in order to claim their prize.
- Any entry that the forum staff deems inappropriate or not complying with the rules will not qualify and will be removed from this thread.
- Winners will be notified via PM and email. Winners must respond with their postal address within 2 weeks of being notified or else their prize may go to someone else.
- Judges decisions are final.

Win a Tomb Raider Skateboard and Other Prizes

It's time for another competition on the official Tomb Raider Forums. To enter you have to create a special holiday card until December 15 (up to three entries possible) and submit it. You can win some exclusive prizes. Good luck.

St Nicholas' Day Raffle

tombraidergirl.com will hold a small raffle this year: Send an PM in our forum or an email to tombraidergril or Wile E. Coyote. You can win one of two Steam codes for the original Tomb Raider or one CoreOnline code for Guardian of Light (playable inside the Google Chrome browser), courtesy of Square Enix. The winners will be determined by us drawing lots.

Crystal Dynamics/deviantART Tomb Raider Fan Art Contest

If you belong the the group of talented artists within the Tomb Raider community, you should check out the Fan Art Contest "Tomb Raider Reborn" brought to us by Crystal Dynamics and deviantART.

The winner's artwork will beused on official Tomb Raider merchandise.

Prizes:

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1st
Winner will have their work featured on a print that will be sold internationally via the official Tomb Raider store.
Tomb Raider XBOX 360 Console
$6,000 USD
8,000 deviantART Points
DeviantART Hoodie of Winner's Choice*
dA PRO Digital Artist Backpack
1-Year Premium Membership to deviantART

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Entry must be received by 11:59:59 PM (PT - Los Angeles, CA, USA) on March 14, 2013 and must be submitted to the Contest gallery.
The completed entry ("Work") may originate in any visual medium but must be submitted at the Contest Site as a single JPG or PNG file;
The Work:
must be at least 3000 pixels in the shortest length;
should be suitable to be adapted for use in a print;
may NOT be recognizable as the actor Angelina Jolie or any other recognizable actor;
must be the Entrant's original work made for the Contest and may not use stock materials from others although licensed brushes and textures are acceptable as well as original assets from the Entrant's own work;
may reference but not actually duplicate visual materials provided in the Asset Pack.
Membership to www.deviantart.com (the "Contest Site") is required to enter the contest. Membership to www.deviantart.com is free;
Other requirements and restrictions apply, please read the Official Rules carefully.

Wiki Raider Update

Last week WikiRaider had been updated to a more recent version of the MediaWiki software, causing a lot of issues with styles no longer working and such. I have been helping out with getting everything back the way it was. While Jan was busy working under the hood, I recreated most of the themes to give WikiRaider its colours back. All styles are now based on the "Vector" theme, the main difference for the end user being that the search field is now at the top of the page. Alongside the return of "Egypt" and "Legend", I have now created a blue "Rise" theme like seen here on TombRaiderGirl.com, an olive "Underworld" theme I have used before and "Vector" has been adapted to be an exclusive WikiRaider theme for those who prefer less colours.

"Tomb Raider Meeting XVIII" Registration Now Open

The 18th international Tomb Raider Meeting, a yearly gathering of Tomb Raider Fans, is drawing nearer. Like in previous years location of the "Meeting" will be Bad Grund, a lovely town in the "Harz" (Lower Saxony) in Germany. The date for this event is 15th - 18th of June 2017 (Thursday till Sunday).

What awaits you?
The "Tomb Raider Meeting" is a gathering for every Tomb Raider Fan, whether you like building custom levels, are a general gamer, like to talk about Classic or Reboot Lara or like exploring the outdoors.

We have a group of very dedicated level builders that will often have something to showcase, offering a look behind the scenes of the custom builder scene that is still alive 16 years in. The cinema room gives us the opportunity to bring our own gaming consoles (generally a PS4, sometimes an Xbox One or an older console) and try out any games the community has brought along. Those who feel the urge to move around a little can use the time and go hiking or join our geocaching team in their explorations of the area. Besides these activities there is also a fun Tomb Raider event organised by an event team that will either challenge your Tomb Raider knowledge or your skills in working as a team, depending on what they have planned for this years event.

How to participate

Pay your fee. -> Find your nickname on the participant's list a short while later